St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1996 at Astrodome. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney lf 4 0 2 1
Clayton ss 4 0 1 0
McGee rf 5 0 1 0
Lankford cf 5 0 1 1
Gaetti 3b 5 1 3 0
  Mejia pr 0 0 0 0
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 2 2 2
Pagnozzi c 4 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 4 2 3 1
Osborne p 3 0 1 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 1 1
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Simms lf 1 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
Mouton lf 4 0 1 1
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Miller ss 3 1 1 0
Knorr c 3 0 1 0
  Cangelosi pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 0 1 0
  Dougherty p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins c 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 3 8 3
St. Louis 020 000 1205140
Houston 001 100 001380
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Osborne  W (3-2) 9.0 8 3 3 2 5
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (1-4) 6.2 9 3 3 3 8
  Dougherty   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Morman   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Tabaka   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Young   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Alicea 2 (13,off Drabek,off Morman); Mabry (8,off Morman), Houston Miller (8,off Osborne); Bagwell (11,off Osborne); Mouton (4,off Osborne); Hunter (9,off Osborne); Berry (15,off Osborne).  HR–St. Louis Mabry (3,2nd inning off Drabek 1 on, 1 out), Houston Wilkins (5,9th inning off Osborne 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Osborne (1,off Drabek); Gutierrez (2,off Osborne).  IBB–Sweeney (1,by Drabek); Miller (2,by Osborne); Bagwell (8,by Osborne).  SF–Hunter (5,off Osborne).  SB–Alicea (3,3rd base off Morman/Wilkins).  CS–Mejia (1,2nd base by Tabaka/Wilkins).  WP–Osborne (2), Tabaka (3).  IBB–Osborne 2 (2,Miller,Bagwell); Drabek (2,Sweeney).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:03.  A–14,547.
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